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fn:namespace-uri-for-prefix

The namespace associated with a prefix, in the scope of an element

Description

The fn:namespace-uri-for-prefix function returns the namespace mapped to $prefix, using the in-scope namespaces of $el e ment. If $prefix is a zero-length string or the empty sequence, the function returns the default namespace, if any.

This description is © Copyright 2007, Priscilla Walmsley. It is excerpted from the book XQuery by Priscilla Walmsley, O'Reilly, 2007. For a complete explanation of this function, please refer to Appendix A of the book.

Arguments and Return Type

Examples

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:pre="http://datypic.com/pre"
                xmlns:unpre="http://datypic.com/unpre">...

<noNamespace>
     <pre:prefixed xmlns="http://datypic.com/unpre"
              xmlns:pre="http://datypic.com/pre">
       <unprefixed pre:prefAttr="a" noNSAttr="b">123</unprefixed>
     </pre:prefixed>
   </noNamespace>

namespace-uri-for-prefix(
  '', $in-xml)

()

namespace-uri-for-prefix(
  'pre',$in-xml)

()

namespace-uri-for-prefix(
  'pre',$in-xml//pre:prefixed)

http://datypic.com/pre

namespace-uri-for-prefix(
  '',$in-xml//unpre:unprefixed)

http://datypic.com/unpre

namespace-uri-for-prefix(
  'pre',$in-xml//unpre:unprefixed)

http://datypic.com/pre

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